30Nov

I am participating in a fundraiser, is it appropriate to ask my clients for a donation?

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I am taking part in a 24 hour long spinning event to raise money for heart disease research. I am emailing everyone I know, and am wondering it it would be unprofessional to include some of my clients (I am a graphic designer) in the email list. What do you think?
That was my gut feeling too. I wasn’t sure because I know a lot of them are involved in things like these themselves, so I would only send it to those few.

I am glad that my suspicion was confirmed though. Thank you everyone!

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Categories: Etiquette

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5 Responses to “I am participating in a fundraiser, is it appropriate to ask my clients for a donation?”

  1. Posted by Casey wants blonde hair again 2nd December, 2009 at 12:04 am

    yeah i would skip the clients

  2. Posted by Joshua M 4th December, 2009 at 4:22 pm

    Completely unprofessional.

  3. Posted by candy g 4th December, 2009 at 10:27 pm

    you COULD put a little tag line in about your up coming event and IF someone asks about it then mention you are doing a fund raising event, but this tag line should ONLY be in a normal email that you would be sending out anyways.

    Other than that under NO circumstances should you do so, if it was a direct solicitation for cash / donation then you would soon have a lot of ex clients.

  4. Posted by Brianna 7th December, 2009 at 2:00 am

    Many clients would have a hard time dealing with this and you just may lose a few of them if you tried.

    Do you have a work web site where it could be put up? Do you have an office where you could put up a sign?

    Heck, i’m never happy when my friends hit me up for money either. But it’s completely inappropriate to ask clients.

  5. Posted by Schzelle 8th December, 2009 at 7:50 am

    I doubt they would appreciate your using your professional relationship to elicit donations for a personal cause :) You could put on your website that you’re doing it though, and perhaps people will be happy to donate that way :)

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